02-09-2020, 04:00 AM
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So it seemed that Roy was just as awkward and fumbling as he was, especially with words. His battered frame slumped in relief, a wheeze he didn't remember holding in finally slipping past torn lips. Glancing up from the ground, Beck straightened to return the other boy's smile, idly wagging his stubby tail. "Forest, huh?" he echoed, pausing to lick away escaped spit around the disfiguring hole burnt through his cheek. The poltergeist rocked where he sat, an errant tooth catching over his lip as he looked south, glazed eyes searching beyond the town in his memory. Maybe...
His thoughts scattered when Roy stuttered another line. Swiveling his head back to attention, Beck blinked in astonishment for a beat or two. "Me?" Who would want to give a flower to him? Such a symbol of beauty and affection did not belong in the grasp of a grimy two-faced thief like him. Then again, the skeletal tiger did volunteer to pass out gathered blooms, most likely for his own jittery sake. After all, no recent weekly tasks could be dictating his generosity. Warily eyeing the other's collection, he sent a puff of air up to tousled bangs before nodding. "Sure, why not?" Then the little ghost paused, his thoughts regrouping. "Oh, yeah, I was gonna ask -- I know... this, uh, this little meadow nearby that's full of flowers in the spring if you want me to show you. But right now, it's kinda, y'know, dead."
His thoughts scattered when Roy stuttered another line. Swiveling his head back to attention, Beck blinked in astonishment for a beat or two. "Me?" Who would want to give a flower to him? Such a symbol of beauty and affection did not belong in the grasp of a grimy two-faced thief like him. Then again, the skeletal tiger did volunteer to pass out gathered blooms, most likely for his own jittery sake. After all, no recent weekly tasks could be dictating his generosity. Warily eyeing the other's collection, he sent a puff of air up to tousled bangs before nodding. "Sure, why not?" Then the little ghost paused, his thoughts regrouping. "Oh, yeah, I was gonna ask -- I know... this, uh, this little meadow nearby that's full of flowers in the spring if you want me to show you. But right now, it's kinda, y'know, dead."